Open PDF


Professional Standard Viewer Professional(TS)

Open

Select [Open] from the [File] menu and choose an existing PDF file to open it.

You can also open a PDF file in the following ways:

Open with new window

Select [Open with new window] from the [File] menu and choose an existing PDF file. This allows you to launch multiple windows of this product.

When a Dialog Appears Upon Opening a File

If a PDF file has restrictions set, a dialog may appear when you open the file.

The dialog that appears varies depending on the restrictions. Please refer to the following table for details.

This document is protected. Enter the document open password. This message is displayed when you open a PDF that has security set to require a password to open. Please enter the user password or master password (owner password).
  • If you enter the user password, you will open the PDF as a general user.
    The use of functions such as printing, copying, and editing may be restricted by the administrator.
  • If you enter the master password, you can open it with administrator privileges.
Although this document was enciphered using the certificate, there is no certificate to decode. This message may be displayed when you open a PDF that has PKI security set to only be able to open in an environment where the necessary certificate exists.
This message is displayed if the necessary certificate is not installed on the machine in use.
Performing file activation.
An activated file can be viewed only on the computer on which activation was carried out.
Continue?

This is the message displayed when you open a PDF with time-limited security for the first time.

To open the file, press [OK] to perform activation.

The activated PDF file can only be opened by the PC and user who performed the activation, and it can be opened only a set number of times until the set viewing deadline.

If “File activation failed. The file cannot be opened.” is displayed, it means the file has already been activated on another PC.
Please obtain a file that has not been activated.

  • The term “activation” here refers to enabling a mechanism to protect the viewing number limit and the viewing deadline limit set in the time-limited PDF. This prevents attempts to exceed the specified number of views by copying the PDF and attempts to view the PDF beyond the viewing deadline by changing the PC’s date settings.
The file you have opened is a PDF file with a time limit.

This is the message displayed when you open a time-limited PDF.

The number of views and the viewing deadline will be displayed.

Press [OK] to open the PDF.

You can also check these viewing restriction information in [Document properties].

The viewing limit set in the PDF you are trying to open has been exceeded.
The PDF you have tried to open will be deleted.

This is the message displayed when you try to open a time-limited PDF after the date set as the viewing deadline.

When you press [OK], the PDF will be automatically deleted.

  • Also, when the set number of viewings is exceeded, the message “This PDF will be deleted as the limit for the number of viewings set in this PDF document has been reached.” is displayed when you close the file. When you press [OK], the PDF will be automatically deleted.
The file cannot be opend because there is a possibility that the computer date has been changed.

This is the message displayed when you try to open an activated PDF with a set viewing deadline on a PC where the date may have been changed.

  • Even if you change the PC’s date to within the viewing deadline, you cannot open the activated PDF.
Please enter the license User ID and the password.

To open the PDF, you need to enter the user ID and password. If you do not know, please contact the creator of the PDF.

Authentication is done via the internet. You cannot view this PDF on an offline PC.
If you are not opening as the specified viewing user or if the entered user ID/password is incorrect, you will not be able to view the document.

No information for time limit is set. Set it in preferences.

The settings in the [Time Limit] tab of [Preferences] are insufficient.
Press [OK] and enter the user ID, password, and server name (URL of the time authentication server).

The file you have tried to open is a PDF file with a time limit.
Failed to authenticate with the timed authentication server.

You may have failed to authenticate for the following reasons.

  • Failed to connect to the time authentication server
  • The PC trying to open the PDF is offline
  • The PDF is set to “private”
  • Not registered with the time authentication server (TimerPDF server)

Please contact the creator of the PDF as needed.